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Ad captandum — In rhetoric an argument ad captandum, for capturing the gullibility of the naïve among the listeners or readers, is an unsound, specious argument, a kind of seductive casuistry. The longer form of the term is ad captandum vulgus (Latin, to win… … Wikipedia

ad captandum — For the purpose of catching or capturing … Ballentine's law dictionary